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Alternate OS for Newton

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andrew...@yahoo.co.uk

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Sep 4, 2001, 10:34:48 AM9/4/01

Hi,

I have a MessagePad 120 languishing in a drawer and would like to make use of it.

Is there a port of another OS to the Newton hardware. e.g. NetBSD or Linux (or .... )

TIA,
Andrew

Laurent Daudelin

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Sep 5, 2001, 11:43:18 PM9/5/01

In message <9n2oq8$sdb$1...@new-usenet.uk.sun.com>, andrew...@yahoo.co.uk
wrote:

Nope. The Newton OS is tightly integrated with the hardware. In addition,
the Newton wasn't designed to run any other OS but the Newton OS. As such,
it lacks what other OSes expect from a machine, like RAM, hard disk, mouse
and the likes.

-Laurent.
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